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Linux users often rely on screenshots to document the state of their desktops. Most distros include some kind of GUI-based screenshot tool, such as Ksnapshot, Gimp, or Gnome-Screenshot, but some users preferto generate quick shots from the console. An alternative screenshot utility called Scrot [1] runs from the command line. Scrot offers some features the GUI-based programs don’t provide, such as automatic thumbnail generation and the ability to compress images.